gioven

Lombard

Alternative forms

• giuen (Modern orthography)
• giuin (Modern orthography)

Etymology

From Latin iuvenem, juvenem, accusative of iuvenis (compare Catalan jove, French jeune, Galician xove, Italian giovane, Portuguese jovem, Spanish joven), from Proto-Italic *juwenis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en-.

Pronunciation

• (Western) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuen/, /ˈd͡ʒuin/
• (Eastern) IPA^(key): /ˈzuen/

Adjective

gioven m (feminine singular giovena, masculine (and Western feminine) plural gioven, Eastern feminine plural giovene) (Classical Milanese orthography)

1. young, youthful

   Antonyms: vegg, madur, anzian

   I mè fradei hinn gioven. ― My brothers are young.

Noun

gioven m (feminine singular giovena, masculine (and Western feminine) plural gioven, Eastern feminine plural giovene) (Classical Milanese orthography)

1. a youth
2. a young man

References

• Francesco Cherubini, Vocabolario milanese-italiano, Volume 2, 1843, p. 228

Romansch

Adjective

gioven m (feminine singular giovna, masculine plural giovens, feminine plural giovnas)

1. (Surmiran) Alternative form of giuven (“young”)

Noun

gioven m (plural giovens; feminine giovna, plural giovnas)

1. (Surmiran) Alternative form of giuven (“boy, youth, young man”)